You should have heard this many times, right?! And, yes, being or doing 'Good' or 'Fine' is not enough when you want a meaningful life, you want to be something more than the average person, the average colleague, the average partner in life...
The below listing contains the main qualities, I personally think, are the key to a successful life.
On internet you can find the top 10 emerging skills for 2022, or top 10 qualities that would be required in the next 5-10 years and so on, so this is just my meaning of key success qualities nowadays.
Doing the best self-management you can
Trivial, but always valid. I cannot start with anything else than the management of yourself as a person - your time management, your understanding of ownership & responsibility, your attitude towards difficulties, your success mindset in general. Are you a person who always do the commitments, are you loyal and responsible, are you honest to yourself and others, do you give your best at work...?
Initiative, leadership & social influence
Never 'waiting for', but proactively working on the life you want. And, no, when talking about social influence, I am no talking about the popular now profession 'influencer', but inspiring others to strive leveling-up and demonstrating 'personal example'. Be the change you want to see in others, be the inspirer you personally need to have.
Reasoning & problem-solving
Stop living your life on 'autopilot', stop waiting for the weekend, for the summer, for this and that to happen in order to be happy, and set goals. Think, think, and think for everything you do in your life and focus your (limited) time on important things and valuable people. Be questioning, be critical, be smart in investing time and energy in the 'right things'. Do not quit until you get what you want or get where you want to be.
Selective listening
Keep important things in your life under control and do not let others to define what is important for you. Many people you meet in your life will provoke you to live values that you feel you do not recognize yourself in. Remember that only you are able to define your success, as you are the only one that knows what 'success' means to you. All I wanna say is, do not allow people tell you that you can't do something or something is not for you, if you feel it is.
Confidence
Another critical quality I cannot skip mentioning here. As mentioned in one of my previous posts, one of the important differences between successful and happy people and these that are not, is the lack of need to prove something to someone, to compare with others, to be envious to others' successful life. This is a complete waste of time, as we ALL are different. The early you start living without being afraid you are 'behind' others, the better. 'Life is a journey, not a competition'.
And, wait, is there anything that makes you different in general? If you look around and you realize you are living the 'average life' that thousands of people are living, if you don't feel that you live valuable life, then change it. It is in your hands. As I always say, all you need to do is to try to be your best version - be generous to people, give the maximum you can in everything you do, be a person to be proud of!
Thank you!
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